Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an NBC talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired from 1993 to 2009. The second incarnation of NBC's Late Night franchise, O'Brien's debuted in 1993 after previous host David Letterman moved to CBS to host the Late Show.

During O'Brien's tenure with Late Night, the dressing room featuring the closet with the Muppet Pipes belonged to Max Weinberg. When Jimmy Fallon took over the show, the dressing room was demolished and the pipes were put behind glass and added to the NBC studio tour.

References

O'Brien appeared on Sesame Street in a sketch entitled Late Night On Sesame Street. A spoof of his late night talk show, the sketch featured O'Brien interviewing monsters (including Herry Monster and Telly Monster) from a talk show set in the arbor.

Muppet mentions

Like many late night talk shows, Late Night has done its share of Muppet related jokes and gags. One well-known recurring gag on the program, originating as a potential college mascot, was "Vomiting Kermit" (a Kermit doll that spewed fake vomit from its mouth).

O'Brien jested in the monologue of his March 11, 2006 show stating, "The producers of Sesame Street say they have decided not to ask Russell Crowe to appear on the show because they don't think he's a good role model. Crowe is upset because he really wanted to host the episode sponsored by the letters 'F' and 'U.'"

Another Muppet related joke was made in O'Brien's regular "In the Year 2000" segement, where he and a guest give cryptic news from the future, here are a few Muppet related gags:

"After 23 years, Miss Piggy will finally end her relationship with Kermit the Frog after he converts to Judaism and can no longer eat pork."

"The serenity of 'Sesame Street' will be shattered when Silent 'E' finally snaps and guns down the other letters."

"'Sesame Street's' Bert and Ernie will continue to deny that they have a romantic relationship; but will admit that one night after one too many beers they did bump felt a little."

On September 14, 2006, upon the show's 13th anniversary (and bar mitzvah) Conan vowed that there would be no more low-brow jokes, such as "Vomiting Kermit", instead he introduced the new character "Morally Outraged Kermit".

In an "Actual Items" segment from a November 2007 episode, Conan shows an advertisement for Sesame Place, with photos of Oscar the Grouch, the Cookie Monster walkaround, and an illustration of Ernie choking Bert to death.

The show made a parody of the Faces of Death videos with a "Muppets Faces of Death" spoof.

Quentin Tarantino made an appearance on the show just prior to the initial airing of The Muppets' Wizard of Oz to promote various projects -- a majority of the interview was spent talking about his experience with the Muppets and his love for the characters.